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Canada overcomes cheating allegations to win Olympic gold in men’s curling

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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The gold medal sealed. The accusations of cheating overcome. It was time for Marc Kennedy to let loose. So the curler at the center of one of the biggest scandals that the sport has ever experienced leapt atop the boards lining the ice sheets and pumped his right fist as … Read more

In a first, US women beat powerhouse Canada in curling at Winter Olympics

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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The U.S. women’s curling team was surprised to learn that their defeat of Canada on Friday marked an Olympic first. “If that’s true,” caveated Minneapolis native Taylor Anderson-Heide said after the 9-8 nailbiter, “I think we just played a really good game. They’re No. 1 in the world.” Tara Peterson … Read more